Siege of Kilsyth

The Siege of Kilsyth (1296) was a Scottish victory of the Anglo-Scots Wars where the Scots destroyed an English castle and collected a relic from them.

History
After the capture of Stirling Castle, the Scots needed to fill their coffers with more coin, so they set up a town in Kilsyth and built a market there. They used a market wagon to trade with an allied Scottish settlement on the eastern side of a river dividing the two Scottish towns, while the Scots made a futile attempt to attack the stone walls of a powerful English base with spearmen. The Scots built a castle, from which trebuchets were recruited and brought up against the walls of the castle with the support of Scottish troops. The Scottish army succeeded in this assault despite quite a few losses, and their forces destroyed several buildings in the castle and killed many civilians. The English castle in the base was toppled, and the Scots recovered a relic from the English while also taking a relic from their allies and one from a place near to their camp. Men murmured that the Scots were blessed by the heavens as a result of the acquisition of the relics.